Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Thu 8th Oct 2009 21:38 UTC
Remember those nearly pointless USB 3.0 cables one could buy way back in the golden days of April? If you were one of those who bought one by mistake or merely wanted to use its USB 2.0 speed until you had an actual 3.0 device and controller, now is your chance. Buffalo is offering what they claim to be the "world's first!!" shipping USB 3.0 hard drive in delicious 1TB and 1.5TB flavors come late this month, and a 2TB model is in the works. Since one would obviously need a controller as they don't come standard on motherboards just yet, the company is also offering one of NEC's world-firsts: the handy dandy USB 3.0 controller. Together these'll cost you over US$285 at the very least, but sometimes you just have to have shiny pieces of the world's first [place name here] before anyone else.
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Member since:2006-11-19
I want to to that switch too, however it's not that easy. eSATA ports now come standard with many (higher level) laptops, and PCs.
However it's very difficult to find eSATA hard drives (at reasonable prices). They are usually marked up (being "DVR extenders"). That's even true for enclosures.
There is almost no buzz about eSATA in non technical word, but everybody knows USB. If this goes on, unfortunately USB3 will probably take over.
Edited 2009-10-09 17:41 UTC
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2005-07-06
one word: eSATA :-)